Pamela Castle OBE, solicitor, is Chair and Founder of Castle Debates. She is former chair of, amongst others, the UK Environmental Law Association, the NNFCC Bioeconomy Consultants and the GLA’s London Sustainable Development Commission. She is also former Head of Environmental Law at the law firm CMS Cameron McKenna. She has an honours degree in chemistry and wide experience in commercial and industrial matters. In addition, she was recently awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law from City University London.

She was elected as an IES Honorary Fellow in January 2016.